Laskay is an unincorporated rural community in
King Township,
York Regional Municipality, Ontario
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, Canada.
It is west of
King City and
Highway 400, and south of the King Road—Weston Road intersection.
The settlement was named by Joseph Baldwin, and was named after his hometown
Loskie in
Yorkshire
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,
England
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. The community has also been known as "Bulltown", a nickname it acquired after a fall fair in which a bull broke loose from its enclosure and charged the patrons.
Several of the original buildings in the community have been moved to other locations. The Laskay Emporium, built in 1856, was moved to
Black Creek Pioneer Village on 19 February 1960. In August 2017, Laskay Hall was moved from its original site to the grounds of the
King Township Museum in
King City.
In film
In 1967, a portion of the film ''
The Fox'' was filmed at a farm in Laskay (today located on Laskay Lane).
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{{Communities of King Township
Communities in King, Ontario